if you see a sedimentary outcrop and red layers of sand are at the top of pale layers of rock, what does this tell you about the ages of the rock layers?

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if you see a sedimentary outcrop and red layers of sand are at the top of pale layers of rock, what does this tell you about the ages of the rock layers?

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I think it will be something that is young?

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